NCT06865417RecruitingPhase 3
A Study Evaluating the Effects of Filgotinib in Children and Teenagers With Ulcerative Colitis
A Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Filgotinib, With Single Arm Induction and Maintenance, in Pediatric Subjects (8 to <18 Years of Age) With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of filgotinib as a treatment for UC in children and adolescents aged from 8 to less than 18 years. Approximately 80 subjects from 8 to \<18 years of age with moderately to severely active UC, including a minimum of 8 subjects from 8 to \<12 years of age, will be enrolled in this study. During the study, eligible subjects will take the investigational product (IP) on-site at Week 4, Week 10, and Week 22 (in the morning; with or without food). On all other days, subjects will take IP at home (in the morning; with or without food). Subjects who do not achieve mMCS remission and/or MCS response at Week 10 will continue with induction treatment until Week 22. Subjects who do not achieve PUCAI remission at Week 22 will be permanently discontinued from the study. Subjects will all receive a filgotinib dose targeting the same systemic exposure as that observed in adults with UC treated with 200 mg q.d.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 80 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 4 Mar 2025
- Start date
- 29 Sept 2025
- Primary completion date
- Jun 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Alfasigma S.p.A.
- Diseases
- Ulcerative colitis
- NCT number
- NCT06865417
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Planned participants: 80
- From 29 Sept 2025 to the primary completion date, Jun 2028
- 46 sites in 13 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Currently on any therapy for chronic infection (such as pneumocystis, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, or atypical mycobacteria).
- Subject has any previous exposure to a Janus kinase inhibitor or medication with a similar mode of action (e.g. tofacitinib, baricitinib, upadacitinib).
Other illness
- Subject has a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease -unclassified or indeterminate colitis, isolated proctitis, or toxic megacolon.
- Subject has an active infection.
- Subject with a history of complicated herpes zoster infection (with multi-dermatomal, disseminated, ophthalmic, or central nervous system involvement).
- Subject has a history of colectomy or extensive small bowel resection.
Other
- Subject with psychological or cognitive difficulties that might interfere with study participation.
- Female subject is pregnant or breast feeding or intending to become pregnant or breastfeed during the study.
Who the study is looking for
- Subject must have a minimum body weight (BW) of 15 kg.
- Subject:
- has documented diagnosis of UC with a minimum duration of 3 months,
- has mMCS of 5 to 9, and an MCS endoscopic score \>=2, rectal bleeding \>=1, and stool frequency \>=1,
- has had an inadequate response, loss of response, intolerance, or has medical contraindications to corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, and/or biologic therapy. This includes subjects who depend on corticosteroids to control their symptoms and who experience worsening of their disease when attempting to wean off corticosteroids.
Age in the registry: 8 years to 18 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (46)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Association Hospitaliere De Bruxelles Hopital Universitaire Des Enfants Reine Fabiola Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brussels | Belgium | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Liège | Belgium | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dinant Godinne Sainte-Elisabeth-UCL-Namur Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Namur | Belgium | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Aachen AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aachen | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Leipzig Aor Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leipzig | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz KöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mainz | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tübingen | Germany | Recruiting |
| Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Badalona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Córdoba | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Femme Mere Enfant Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bron | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dijon | France | Recruiting |
| Hopital Saint Vincent de Paul - GHICL Lille Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lille | France | Recruiting |
| CHU de Montpellier Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montpellier | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rennes | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tours | France | Recruiting |
| Bristol Royal Infirmary Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bristol | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Ninewells Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Glasgow | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Alder Hey Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Liverpool | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Chelsea And Westminster Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Sheffield Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sheffield | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| University General Hospital Attikon Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Athens | Greece | Recruiting |
| Athens General Children's Hospital Panagioti And Aglaia Kyriakou Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Athens | Greece | Not yet recruiting |
| General Hospital Of Thessaloniki Papageorgiou Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Efkarpia | Greece | Recruiting |
| Hippokration Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Thessaloniki | Greece | Recruiting |
| Klinički bolnički centar Osijek Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Osijek | Croatia | Recruiting |
| University Hospital Centre Zagreb Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zagreb | Croatia | Recruiting |
| Children's Hospital Zagreb Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zagreb | Croatia | Recruiting |
| Children's Health Ireland Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dublin | Ireland | Not yet recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria "SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Alessandria | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria dell Marche I G M Lancisi G Salesi Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ancona | Italy | Recruiting |
| ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II Di Napoli Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Naples | Italy | Recruiting |
| Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Recruiting |
| IRCCS materno infantile Burlo Garofolo Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Trieste | Italy | Recruiting |
| Oslo University Hospital HF Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oslo | Norway | Recruiting |
| Sykehuset i Vestfold HF Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tønsberg | Norway | Recruiting |
| In- Vivo Sp. z o. o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bydgoszcz | Poland | Recruiting |
| Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lodz | Poland | Recruiting |
| Gabinet Lekarski Bartosz Korczowski Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rzeszów | Poland | Recruiting |
| Instytut Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Recruiting |
| CCAB Centro Clinico Academico Braga Associacao Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Braga | Portugal | Recruiting |
| Hospital Pediátrico de Coimbra Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Coimbra | Portugal | Recruiting |
| Unidade Local De Saude Do Alto Minho E.P.E. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Viana do Castelo | Portugal | Recruiting |
| Dr. Victor Gomoiu Clinical Children Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucharest | Romania | Recruiting |
| Spitalul Clinic de Urgenta pentru Copii Louis Turcanu Timisoara Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Timișoara | Romania | Recruiting |
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